Da Funk

[DerryPortice]

Now I'm a big fan of Earth Wind and Fire, I just wondered if anyone had any 'fun-kay' recooomendationsn?

Espeeically any New JACK Swing?

[non capisco]

Check out a track by Eddie Bo called 'The Thang'.

[Hornet]

If you want the funk, the pure funk, uncut funk, the bomb, then look no further than Parliament and Bootsy's Rubber Band

[Ciarán2]

"There's A Roit Goin' On" by Sly and the Family Stone. Sly's breakdown album, no less.

[non capisco]

If you want some dynamite funk music, check out a compilation series on Harmless Records called 'I'm A Good Woman'. I think there's 3 of them to date. Collections of mostly obscure 70s female soul singers. There's a track on one by Denise Keeble called 'Chain On My Thing' which is one of the most sonically perfect records I've ever heard.

[Fuckwittio]

You gotta get 'A Funky Space Reincarnation' off Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear just because it's one of the best song titles of all time.

An advanced course in Clintonomics will serve you well, of course.

[non capisco]

Soul Jazz records' 'Saturday Night Fish Fry' and 'New Orleans Funk' compilations are ridiculously good too. Go to 'Sounds Of The Universe' on Berwick St W1 if you're in the area and pick em up for dirt cheap. Check out 'Break In The Road' by Betty Harris on the former.

Soul Jazz used to do a club night of this sort of music in South London called 'Saturday Night Fish Fry' every other month in what was normally a fetish bar, but sadly stopped a couple of years ago. They still do the odd funk night at Revolver @ the 333 on Old Street though, normally worth a visit if you're in the area and dig the funk.

EDIT: Oh, and there's also Keb Darge's funk night every Friday at Madame Jo Jo's in Soho. Haven't been for a while but the music's usually mint.